Tennessee · Putnam County
Occurrence

Drill Hole For Uranium, Yb-52

Putnam County, Tennessee, United States
UraniumOil Shale
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Commodities
TertiaryUranium, Oil Shale
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding
Materials
Ore mineralsShale
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale · Chattanooga Shale, Carbonaceous, Grayish-Black, Thinly Laminated, Fissile
Associated rockBentonite · Bentonite; Devonian-Mississippian; Light-Gray, Biotitic Bentonite
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026185
MRDS IDK002687
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.12815, -85.63745
References
CONANT, L.C., AND SWANSON, V.E., 1961, CHATTANOOGA SHALE AND RELATED ROCKS OF CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND NEARBY AREAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 357, 91 P.KEHN, T.M., 1955, URANIUM IN THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE, YOUNGS BEND AREA, EASTERN HIGHLAND RIM, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. TEI-528-A 60 P.BARNES, R.H., AND WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAXTER QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY GM-326-NW.TAYLOR, L.C., AND WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE BAXTER QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 326-NW, 5 P.1955 OTHER KEHN, T.M., USGS RPT. INV. TEI-528-A.STOCKDALE, P.B., AND KLEPSER, H.J., 1959, THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE OF TENNESSEE AS A SOURCE OF URANIUM: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. TECH. INF. SERVICE, ORO-205, P. 223. DETAILED GRAPHIC SECTIONS AND LOGS OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE AT LOCALITIES DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT ARE ON OPEN-FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE; TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, KNOXVILLE AND NASHVILLE; AND THE MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KNOXVILLE. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF THE ANALYSIS GIVEN IN THE OPEN-FILE MATERIAL WERE NOT INCLUDED IN STOCKDALE AND KLEPSER'S TEXT.1961 OTHER CONANT AND SWANSON, USGS PROF. PAPER 357.